3blue1brownThis 450 year old math textbook has... pop-ups!
A short video about my viewing of an edition of Euclid's elements with pop-up diagrams.
If you'd like to link to the video, please use this link: https://youtu.be/E-lj1b9R-wg (Only one difference: I had to change the logo on request from the libary where I saw the book)
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I really liked the topic of the video, the book looks incredible and pop ups are unexpected for a book published 4 and half centuries ago.
However I don't really consider it a lesson, since nothing is really taught here, it's more a small piece of documentary.
3
Interesting topic! However, in terms of educational content, the video didn’t provide much.
8.6
Nice! I'm a sucker for Euclid, so this was a delight. I envy you for having beheld the Billingsley edition with your own eyes and touched it with your own hands. (I'm surprised the librarians in the rare book room didn't make you wear gloves.)
Your assignment for next year: Show us the oldest existing copy of the Elements (in Greek), which is from 888 AD.
Thanks for making this video!
3.9
That's a really cool book. It would have been nice to see in a little more depth how the pop-up bits actually relate to the results they're describing.